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Listen to the news and fill in the missing words. You need to fill in only one word for each blank. Business this week Print edition | The world this week May 25th 2019 America’s Commerce Department issued three-month __1___ to allow American firms to keep doing limited business with Huawei , which has been __2___ on a security blacklist by the Trump administration. The __3___ of the ban are spreading. Google is suspending the __4___ of Android software and technical services to Huawei, which runs its mobile phones on the operating system. Arm, a chip designer, ___5__ stop licensing its technology to Huawei. And in Japan and Britain some mobile-service providers said they would __6___ sales of new Huawei phones. Qualcomm’s share price __7___ by 11% after a judge in California ruled that it had illegally ___8__ competition in the market for phone chips by charging “__9___ high” royalty rates. The decision is a __10___ for the chip firm, coming soon after it had reached a settlement with Apple. The judge ordered the company to change its practices and __11___ it to seven years of monitoring. __12___ by Donald Trump, Qualcomm is the leading provider of 5G chips in America. Ajit Pai, the chairman of America’s Federal Communications Commission, gave his __13___ to the __14___ merger of T-Mobile and Sprint , after they offered assurances to expand their 5G network to rural areas (the full FCC still has to vote). The __15___, announced more than a year ago, also has to get the __16___ from the Justice Department. Canada and Mexico lifted __17___ on a range of American goods in response to Mr Trump’s decision to rescind ( 撤销 ) tariffs on steel and aluminium imports from both countries. The tariffs were an obstacle to getting approval in Congress for the US-Mexico-Canada Agreement, which will __18___ NAFTA. That new trade agreement faces a __19___ __20___ in the House, __21___ Democrats want tougher protections for workers and the environment. __22___, Mr Trump postponed a decision on whether to impose tariffs on car imports. In the furnace British Steel was __23___ insolvent after talks with the government to secure another bail-out broke down. Among its many woes, the company was __24___ by uncertainty over Brexit, which led to a slump in orders from mainland Europe. Ford __25___ 7,000 white-collar job cuts, the latest round of lay-offs ( 裁员 ) in the carmaker’s effort to become more nimble ( 灵活的 ) in a fast-changing industry. It has now __26___ its management structure by 20% in its “goal to reduce bureaucracy”. Pinterest’s share price __27___ to recover from the battering it took after the company reported a bigger-than-expected quarterly loss and a sales forecast below estimates. The social network is one of a number of tech unicorns ( 独角兽 ) to _28____ on the stockmarket this year, completing a successful IPO by comparison with some of its peers. A sale of shares __29___ TransferWise at $3.5bn, making it Europe’s most valuable fintech startup. Founded in London by two Estonians, the firm _30____ transaction costs through a peer-to-peer money transfer service. There was some head-__31___ this week, as data showed Japan’s economy growing by 2.1% in the first quarter at an annualised rate, defying expectations of a slight contraction. Most of the growth was __32___ by a huge drop in imports. Because they fell at a faster rate than exports, GDP __33___. Like exports, private consumption and business investment also __34___, adding to worries about the health of the economy ahead of a planned increase of the consumption tax in October. Pret A Manger , a British food and coffee chain, agreed to buy Eat , a smaller rival. It will sell vegetarian fare in most of its newly __35___ outlets. Meanwhile, the death knell ( 丧 钟 ) sounded for Britain’s casual-dining revolution with the collapse of the restaurant group __36___ by Jamie Oliver , a consistently chirpy celebrity chef. It’s a jungle out there Brazil’s foreign ministry bemoaned a decision by the international organisation that __37___ on internet addresses to award the .amazon domain name to Amazon . The mighty retailer first __38___ the use of the domain in 2012, but had to __39___ stiff opposition from a coalition of eight governments in the Amazon region that wanted the internet name for themselves. Urban Outfitters joined the fashion for renting clothes by __40___ a service for female customers, who will be able to __41___ up to six items a month. __42___ __43___ has been in vogue at the high end of the market for some time, but cheap-end retailers face falling sales and a rise in “wardrobing”—customers __44___ clothes after __45___ them. The online market for renting clothes was worth $1bn in 2017 and is forecast to double by 2023. Urban Outfitters thinks its new service will assist in “a millennial’s quest for constant fashion newness”.